Paracelsus
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Germany · 1943
1h 44m
Director G.W. Pabst
Starring Werner Krauß, Mathias Wieman, Peter Martin Urtel, Harald Kreutzberg
Genre Drama
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A 1943 German drama film directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst based on the life of Philippus von Hohenheim (Paracelsus). The film is one of several big nazi era productions with main characters regarded as propaganda-parables to Adolf Hitler (see also Ohm Krüger and Der grosse König).
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